Drill bit



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DRILL BIT.

Application filed January 17,1923. Serial No. 613,2e9.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, EDWARD W. SHIMIN, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Thermopolis, in the county of Tiot Springs and State ofWyoming, have invented a new and useful Drill Bit, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a drill bit which is so constructed thatthe central portion of the hole will be cut in advance of the reaming ofthe hole, the result being a drill bit of peculiar efliciency, and onewhich can be kept in repair cheaply, the bit being adapted to bore astraight hole without lateral deflection.

It is Within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as. thedescription proceeds, the, invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, with in the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown. canbe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the inven tion; Figurefl is an elevationwherein the device is viewed at right angles to the show ing of Figure1; Figure 3 is an end elevation; Figure at is a cross section on theline 4r-4 of Figure 2.

The drill bit forming the subject matter of this application comprises ashank 1 having a cruciform head 2 which, as indicated at 3, is widerthan the shank 1. The shank 1 is made of a first wing 4c and a secondwing 5, the wings intersecting, and being disposed at right angles to.each other. The.

side surfaces 6 of each wing converge to- Ward the working end of thebit, the first wlng 4 being beveled as at 7, at its working end, to formcutting edges 8 disposed at right angles to the axis of the bit, thesec- 0nd wing 5 being beveled as at 9, at its Working end, to formcutting edges 10 disposed in advance of the cutting edges 8 of the firstwing 4. The edges 10 converge to form a point 11 located in the axis ofthe bit, the angles 12 formed at the outer extremities of the cuttingedges 8 and 10 constituting reamers.

The general construction of the bit is such that, owing to theconvergence of the edges 10 to form the point 11, the hole will be cutgradually in advance of the reaming operation which takes place at theangles denoted by the numeral 12.

What is claimed is ,A drill bit comprising a shank having a cruciformhead which is wider than the second intersecting wings disposed at rightangles to each other, the side surfaces of each wing converging towardthe Working end of the bit, the first wing being beveled at its workinend to form cutting edges disposed at right angles to the axis of thebit, the second wing being beveled at its working end to form cuttingedges disposed shank, the head being made up of first and in advance ofthe cutting edges of the first wing and converging to form a point located in the axis of the bit, the angles formed at the-outer extremitiesof the cutting edges of both wings constituting reamers. I

lln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. EDWARD W. SHTMTN.

Witnesses: v

' CURTIS L. Swaxnnrs,

A. L. De,

